Sunday, June 21, 2015

June 19th (Day 170) Bible Reading

1 Kings 20:1-21:29

Acts 12:24-13:15
Psalm 137:1-9
Proverbs 17:16

1Ki 20:1
And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there
were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went
up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

1Ki 20:2 And he
sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus
saith Benhadad,

1Ki 20:3 Thy
silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even
the goodliest, are mine.

1Ki 20:4 And the
king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am
thine, and all that I have.

1Ki 20:5 And the
messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I
have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold,
and thy wives, and thy children;

1Ki 20:6 Yet I
will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall
search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that
whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand,
and take it away.

1Ki 20:7 Then the
king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you,
and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives,
and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

1Ki 20:8 And all
the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor
consent.

1Ki 20:9 Wherefore
he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou
didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not
do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

1Ki 20:10 And
Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the
dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

1Ki 20:11 And the
king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his
harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

1Ki 20:12 And it
came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was
drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants,
Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against
the city.

1Ki 20:13 And,
behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the
LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into
thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

1Ki 20:14 And Ahab
said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men
of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And
he answered, Thou.

1Ki 20:15 Then he
numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two
hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even
all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

1Ki 20:16 And they
went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the
pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

1Ki 20:17 And the
young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent
out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

1Ki 20:18 And he
said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be
come out for war, take them alive.

1Ki 20:19 So these
young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army
which followed them.

1Ki 20:20 And they
slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and
Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.

1Ki 20:21 And the
king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the
Syrians with a great slaughter.

1Ki 20:22 And the
prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself,
and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of
Syria will come up against thee.

1Ki 20:23 And the
servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the
hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in
the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

1Ki 20:24 And do
this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains
in their rooms:

1Ki 20:25 And
number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and
chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and
surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and
did so.

1Ki 20:26 And it
came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and
went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

1Ki 20:27 And the
children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them:
and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids;
but the Syrians filled the country.

1Ki 20:28 And
there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus
saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the
hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all
this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.

1Ki 20:29 And they
pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in
the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the
Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

1Ki 20:30 But the
rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and
seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came
into the city, into an inner chamber.

1Ki 20:31 And his
servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house
of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our
loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure
he will save thy life.

1Ki 20:32 So they
girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came
to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let
me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

1Ki 20:33 Now the
men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and
did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said,
Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up
into the chariot.

1Ki 20:34 And Benhadad
said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will
restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in
Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he
made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

1Ki 20:35 And a
certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of
the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

1Ki 20:36 Then
said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold,
as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he
was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

1Ki 20:37 Then he
found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so
that in smiting he wounded him.

1Ki 20:38 So the
prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself
with ashes upon his face.

1Ki 20:39 And as
the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out
into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a
man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall
thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

1Ki 20:40 And as
thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said
unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

1Ki 20:41 And he
hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned
him that he was of the prophets.

1Ki 20:42 And he
said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy
hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go
for his life, and thy people for his people.

1Ki 20:43 And the
king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.

1Ki 21:1
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the
Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of
Ahab king of Samaria.

1Ki 21:2 And Ahab
spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a
garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee
for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will
give thee the worth of it in money.

1Ki 21:3 And
Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance
of my fathers unto thee.

1Ki 21:4 And Ahab
came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the
Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the
inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away
his face, and would eat no bread.

1Ki 21:5 But
Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that
thou eatest no bread?

1Ki 21:6 And he
said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him,
Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another
vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

1Ki 21:7 And
Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel?
arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

1Ki 21:8 So she
wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent
the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city,
dwelling with Naboth.

1Ki 21:9 And she
wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the
people:

1Ki 21:10 And set
two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou
didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him,
that he may die.

1Ki 21:11 And the
men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants
in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was
written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

1Ki 21:12 They
proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

1Ki 21:13 And
there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of
Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of
the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried
him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

1Ki 21:14 Then
they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

1Ki 21:15 And it
came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that
Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite,
which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

1Ki 21:16 And it
came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go
down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

1Ki 21:17 And the
word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

1Ki 21:18 Arise,
go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he
is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

1Ki 21:20 And Ahab
said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found
thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the
LORD.

1Ki 21:21 Behold,
I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off
from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left
in Israel,

1Ki 21:22 And will
make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the
house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast
provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

1Ki 21:23 And of
Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of
Jezreel.

1Ki 21:24 Him that
dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field
shall the fowls of the air eat.

1Ki 21:25 But
there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the
sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

1Ki 21:26 And he
did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did
the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

1Ki 21:27 And it
came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put
sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

1Ki 21:28 And the
word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

1Ki 21:29 Seest
thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before
me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I
bring the evil upon his house.

Act 12:24 But the
word of God grew and multiplied.

Act 12:25 And
Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their
ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

Act 13:1
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and
teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene,
and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Act 13:2 As they
ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas
and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

Act 13:3 And when
they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them
away.

Act 13:4 So they,
being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence
they sailed to Cyprus.

Act 13:5 And when
they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the
Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

Act 13:6 And when
they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a
false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

Act 13:7 Which was
with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for
Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

Act 13:8 But
Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them,
seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

Act 13:9 Then
Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his
eyes on him,

Act 13:10 And
said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou
enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of
the Lord?

Act 13:11 And now,
behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not
seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a
darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

Act 13:12 Then the
deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine
of the Lord.

Act 13:13 Now when
Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and
John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

Act 13:14 But when
they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the
synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

Act 13:15 And
after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent
unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of
exhortation for the people, say on.

Psa 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we
remembered Zion.

Psa 137:2 We hanged
our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Psa 137:3 For
there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that
wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the
songs of Zion.